abortion

A district court judge in Helena has blocked a series of new state abortion restrictions from taking effect while lawsuits challenging their constitutionality move forward.

Judge Mike Menahan granted Planned Parenthood of Montana’s temporary restraining order on the enforcement of House Bill 721 until further ruled by the court.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed four more bills this week targeting abortion access, including one that is already being challenged in court.

The state Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that a law banning advanced-practice registered nurses from performing early-stage abortions was unconstitutional.

The bill also limits advertising by pregnancy resource centers, which do not offer abortions; rather, they are known to try to talk people out of getting an abortion.

Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday highlighted a package of legislation that will put additional restrictions on abortion access and on taxpayer money being used for abortions.

Directors of women’s health care services at Idaho hospitals are bracing for what’s next: 75 of 117 Idaho OB-GYNs recently surveyed by the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care said they were considering leaving the state.

The bill stands in opposition to legislation in Republican-led states blocking access and criminalizing care.

Gov. Tina Kotek pledged that Oregon government officials will not extradite people for receiving or providing abortion care in the state.

Legislative Democrats want Oregon voters to amend the state constitution so equal rights protections include sexual orientation, gender identity or health decisions related to pregnancy.